Take It Off

According to the Take It Off Songfacts Ke$ha is fascinated by transvestites and this song is about when she went to a drag show, and got turned on by the transvestite men taking clothes off.

[Intro] There's a place downtown where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free-for-all When they— [Verse 1] When the dark of the night Comes around, that's the time That the animal comes alive Lookin' for somethin' wild And now we lookin' like pimps In my gold Trans Am Got a water bottle full of whiskey in my handbag Got my drunk text on I'll regret it in the mornin' But tonight, I don't give a​—, I don't give a—, I don't give a— [Chorus] There's a place downtown where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free-for-all And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off There's a place I know if you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off [Verse 2] Lose your mind, lose it now Lose your clothes in the crowd We're delirious, tear it down 'Til the sun comes back around N-now we gettin' so smashed Knockin' over trash cans Errbody breakin' bottles, it's a filthy hot mess And I'm down to get faded I'm not the designated driver So, I don't give a​—, I don't give a—, I don't give a— [Chorus] There's a place downtown where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free-for-all And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off There's a place I know if you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off [Bridge] Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Everybody take it off) Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Everybody take it off) Right now (Take it off) Right now (Take it off) Right now (Take it off), oh-oh Right now (Take it off) Right now (Take it off) Right now (Take it off, everybody take it off), oh-oh [Chorus] There's a place downtown where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free-for-all And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off There's a place I know if you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor And they turn me on when they take it off When they take it off, everybody take it off